“The current fighting has forced us to stop almost all of our activities in West Darfur. Our teams have not been able to reach the hospital, nor have they been able conduct mobile clinic activities in the nomadic communities of Galala, Mogshasha, Wadi Rati and Gelchek. We have been able to continue providing services in Kreinik hospital, but we have seen a reduction in the number of patients coming from outside the town.
We are incredibly worried about the impact this violence is having on people who have already lived through waves of violence in the previous years. Violence prevents people from seeking the medical care they desperately need. The humanitarian and medical needs are immense.
Our teams in West Darfur are closely following the situation to ensure that we can safely continue to provide much-needed medical care and humanitarian assistance. We are ready to scale up our response to meet the growing needs. To do so, we need to be able to ensure the safety and security for all our staff and patients.
We demand that all health facilities, including hospitals, clinics, warehouses, and ambulances, and their staff are respected and protected. We reiterate our calls to all parties to the conflict to avoid civilian areas and to spare civilian lives.
We urge them to immediately cease attacks on medical facilities and ensure that patients can receive the medical care they desperately need.”
